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Montevideo, July 5th 2025 - 01:53 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, April 8th 2016 - 08:05 UTC

    Cameron finally admits he owned shares in an offshore trust, which he sold in 2010

    On Wednesday, Downing Street issued a statement saying Mr. Cameron his wife and children did not benefit from offshore funds

    British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he and his wife Samantha owned shares in an offshore trust set up by his late father, before selling them for £30,000 in 2010. The PM has faced questions over Blairmore Holdings, an offshore company set up by his late father, Ian, and finally on Thursday he old ITV News he had paid all UK taxes due on the profits he made from the sale of the shares and said the firm had not been set up to avoid tax.

  • Friday, April 8th 2016 - 07:38 UTC

    Falklands celebrates the 150 years of Port Howard historic farming

    A view of Port Howard, which has been a pioneer in Falklands' farming

    Falkland Islands celebrated the 150 years of a farm in West Falkland at a ceremony held in Port Howard, honoring owners Christopher and Myles Lee that were presented with a plaque celebrating the century and a half of the farm being operational, at an historic Legislative Assembly held in the community hall last week.

  • Friday, April 8th 2016 - 07:28 UTC

    Uruguay in Brussels to begin a crucial round of Mercosur/EU negotiations

    Nin Novoa has a meeting scheduled with EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and is expected to agree on dates for the formal exchange of proposals

    Uruguay Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa is scheduled to begin this Friday in Brussels what is believed to be the last round of talks with the European Union to reach a wide ranging cooperation and trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union.

  • Friday, April 8th 2016 - 07:12 UTC

    Irish beef farmers strongly reject accord with Mercosur; protest letter to Trade Commissioner Malmstrom

    Irish Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney wrote a very strongly-worded letter to European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom urging her not to proceed.

    The Irish Farmers' Association has described an European Union offer to allow limited access to the EU market for Mercosur beef producers as “unfair”. The offer, which includes beef producers in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, is about to be presented to European Union member states for discussion, ahead of a proposed formal exchange of offers as part of the EU-Mercosur trade negotiations in May.

  • Friday, April 8th 2016 - 05:07 UTC

    MP Rosindell blasts 'direct rule' for BOTs as 'unnecessary and unjust'

    “I feel it would be both unnecessary and unjust to impose direct rule and force BOTs to raise their tax rates”, and leaving other nations and their OTs untouched.

    A UK member of Parliament has come out strongly in support of the British Overseas Territories praising their economic success and the right of their peoples to govern and decide their own future. MP Andrew Rosindell, Chairman of the BOT and Crown Dependencies all party Parliamentary groups described suggestions from some senior figures in Westminster calling for 'direct rule' over BOT's as unnecessary and unjust, based on a complete misunderstanding of the situation.

  • Thursday, April 7th 2016 - 10:06 UTC

    Rousseff impeachment vote on Monday but outcome uncertain; Congress remains divided

    The Rapporteur said there were “minimal indications” that Rousseff had committed an impeachable “crime of responsibility”

    The rapporteur of a lower-house impeachment committee said in a report that congressional proceedings that could lead to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's removal from office should continue. The report by lawmaker and committee member Jovair Arantes must now be voted on by all 65 members of that Chamber of Deputies special panel on Monday.

  • Thursday, April 7th 2016 - 09:52 UTC

    Uruguay's Damiani has resigned from FIFA's Ethics committee

    “We can confirm that Mr. Damiani resigned from his position as member of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee of FIFA”

    Uruguay's Juan Pedro Damiani has resigned from FIFA's ethics committee after the Panama Papers showed his law firm acted as an intermediary for a disgraced FIFA official.“We can confirm that Mr. Damiani resigned from his position as member of the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee of FIFA,” panel spokesman Marc Tenbuecken reported. The news was advanced by the Uruguayan media.

  • Thursday, April 7th 2016 - 09:32 UTC

    Infantino 'dismayed' with doubts about his integrity referred to Panama Papers; 'sad day for journalism'

    Panama Papers show that Infantino’s signature appeared on the 2006 contract with Cross Trading, owned by Hugo Jinkis, an offshore company registered in Niue.

    FIFA's Gianni Infantino says he is “dismayed” that his integrity is being doubted after he was revealed to have signed off a TV rights contract with two businessmen who were later indicted in the U.S. for bribery in FIFA’s corruption scandal.

  • Thursday, April 7th 2016 - 08:49 UTC

    Britain's choice: economic security with the EU, or a leap into the dark

    Leaving the single market would also hit our service industries hard – and this is where our economy faces the biggest risk.

    By PM David Cameron - Prime Minister David Cameron wrote an article on the UK's economic security within the EU for The Telegraph. Imagine a world where a British airline wasn’t allowed to fly between Rome and Paris; where British farmers were slapped with a tariff if they wanted to export more beef to Europe; and where great British telecoms companies and car manufacturers faced new barriers when trying to sell their goods and services to customers in Europe.

  • Thursday, April 7th 2016 - 06:52 UTC

    Panama Papers shows shell companies prevail despite G20 announced efforts

    G20 leaders representing 80% of world economy, have vowed to crack down on the practice blamed for helping conceal money laundering, corruption and tax evasion

    The leak of 11 million documents from a Panama-based law firm offers a glimpse into the shadowy world where the rich and powerful hide their money, raising sharp questions about the use of shell companies that obscure the identities of their true owners, even if they aren’t illegal by themselves.